Jeremiah 8:4-17 - ESV Bible - "You shall say to them, Thus says the LORD: When...

Sin and Treachery

4 "You shall say to them, Thus says the LORD: ¹When men fall, do they not rise again? If one turns away, does he not return?

5 Why then has this people ²turned away in perpetual ³backsliding? ⁴They hold fast to deceit; they refuse to return.

6 ⁵I have paid attention and listened, but they have not spoken rightly; no man relents of his evil, saying, 'What have I done?' Everyone turns to his own course, ⁶like a horse plunging headlong into battle.

7 Even the stork in the heavens knows her times, and ⁷the turtledove, ⁸swallow, and crane^a keep the time of their coming, ⁹but my people know not the rules^b of the LORD.

8 ¹⁰"How can you say, 'We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us'? But behold, the lying pen of the scribes has made it into a lie.

9 ¹¹The wise men shall be put to shame; they shall be dismayed ¹²and taken; behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?

10 ¹³Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to conquerors, because from the least to the greatest everyone ¹⁴is greedy for unjust gain; from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.

11 They have healed ¹⁵the wound of my people lightly, saying, 'Peace, peace,' when there is no peace.

12 Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? No, ¹⁶they were not at all ashamed; they did not know how to blush. ¹⁷Therefore they shall fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they shall be overthrown, says the LORD.

13 When I would gather them, declares the LORD, there are ¹⁸no grapes on the vine, ¹⁹nor figs on the fig tree; ²⁰even the leaves are withered, and what I gave them has passed away from them."^c

14 Why do we sit still? ²¹Gather together; ²²let us go into the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us to perish and has ²³given us ²⁴poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

15 ²⁵We looked for peace, but no good came; for a time of healing, but behold, terror.

16 ²⁶"The snorting of their horses is heard ²⁷from Dan; at the sound of the neighing ²⁸of their stallions ²⁹the whole land quakes. They come ³⁰and devour the land and all that fills it, the city and those who dwell in it.

17 For behold, I am sending among you ³¹serpents, adders ³²that cannot be charmed, ³³and they shall bite you," declares the LORD.

Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA

Jeremias 8:4 Dize-lhes mais: Assim diz o Senhor: porventura cairão os homens, e não se levantarão? desviar-se-ão, e não voltarão?

King James Version KJV

Jeremiah 8:4 Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?

New King James Version NKJV

Jeremiah 8:4 "Moreover you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord: "Will they fall and not rise? Will one turn away and not return?

Nova Versão Internacional NVIP

Jeremias 8:4 “Diga a eles: Assim diz o SENHOR:“Quando os homens caem, não se levantam mais?Quando alguém se desvia do caminho, não retorna a ele?

Jeremiah 8:4-17 ESV